Fanfare: Toccata in D Minor Fugue in A Minor
Vivace: Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major
Now Thank We All Our God
Prelude and Fugue in D Major
Perpetuum Mobile (Middelshulte-Arr: V. Fox)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Air For The G String

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Away In A Manger
Joy To The World
Adeste Fideles
Silent Night
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Angels We Have Heard On High
What Child Is This?
Deck The Halls

We All Believe in One God
Fantasia on The Old Hundredth
Perpetuum Mobile
Giga
Love's Old Sweet Song
Kamenoi Ostrow (Reve Angelique)
Poem
A Dream (Ein Traum)
Dreams
At Dawning
Minuet in G
Calm As The Night
A Perfect Day

Recorded at Riverside Church, New York City 17-19, 26 -29 March and 12 May (2,7,8): 11-14 May, 1959 (5,6) & 10-13 October, 1961 (1,3,4,9-11).
Originally released on Capitol SP8544 (1,3,4,9-ll),SP8499 (2,7,8) and SP8509 (5,6).

1. Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor
2. Sheep May Safely Graze 3. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major
4. Finale from the St. Matthew Passion
5. Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
6. Air on a G String
7. Prelude and Fugue in D Major
8. I Call to Thee (Ich ruf’ zu dir)

THE LEGACY SERIES Volume II comprises the three sets of recordings Virgil Fox made in 1946 & 1953 for RCA Victor at the Gloucester, Massachusetts Hammond Castle. The Brahms Complete Chorale Preludes were never recorded elsewhere by him, and this is his only commercially released recording of the Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm. Franck’s Grande Pièce Symphonique is included, as is Mozart’s Fantasy in F minor (K. 608), Dupré’s Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonata No. 1 in F minor, and the Fugue à la Gigue of Bach. 78 rpm and LP recordings digitized by John Wilson.

The Legacy Series Volume III is Virgil Fox's "Great Protestant Hymns," recorded in 1956 on the new Aeolian-Skinner Organ in Riverside Church. After his Wanamaker Organ recording of 1964, this is the most frequently requested release--and for good reason. 21 hymns are treated to Virgil's rhythmic, dramatic, bold artistry. In over 57 minutes, the listener will be moved, exhilarated, inspired, and satisfied. Anyone who ever attended a Virgil Fox concert in a church will recall how he ended programs with the congregation singing, lustily, to his inevitable musicality..

On February 15, 20 and 26, 1946, Virgil Fox played three concerts at the Coolidge Auditorium in Washington, DC. These three performances were played on Skinner Organ Co.'s Opus 531, 1925.

A total of 43 pieces were performed - many of the compositions Fox never played again during his career. These are truly archival recordings - not of the highest quality as they were most probably originally taken from acetate recordings. Pops and clicks have been removed, but all else was kept as to not compromise the fragile sound quality.

All in all, the recordings are charming and Fox makes the 27 rank instrument sound much larger than it is. As a reference recording, and an example of Fox's early style, these are important historic examples.

2004

Command Performances

THE LEGACY SERIES Volume IV
Virgil Fox recorded these definitive performances on the Aeolian-Skinner organs at Riverside Church and Lincoln Center in New York City, and at Symphony Hall, Boston, in 1963 and 1965 for the Command Classics audiophile recording company, and they were released as four LP phonograph records and perhaps a few reel-to-reel tapes. Now, they are released for the first time on CD.

2007

Christmas Favorites

Hook & Hastings Organ
The Riverside Church, New York City

"Featuring Preludes, lnterludes and Finales with Virgil Fox and the Riverside Memorial Church Organ"

O' Come All Ye Faithful
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Jesus Is Born
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy To The WorldJolly Old Saint Nicholas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The First Noel
Silent Night, Holy NightNoel Grand jeu et DuoCarol Of The Bells
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Il Est Né Le Devin Enfant

2007

Virgil Fox Christmas in Saint Paul’s

with The Saint Paul's Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys and Hazel Gravell, featured soloist
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo
Schlicker Organ